I LOVE sunrises! Well, I actually prefer sunsets, only because they show up at a better time of day for me. 🙂 I also LOVE to capture moments by taking pictures. Chicago winters can be cold, snowy, and gray. I look for the sunrise each morning. Some days I know it’s greeting me behind …
Hi! Let me introduce myself. I’m Carol; some call me CC. I am white, and with that comes inherent privilege. My guiding values: LOVE, kindness, compassion, and peace. I admire and strive to be like Mr. Rogers, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Bryan Stevenson, and more. I smile a lot. I laugh a …
I was recently asked this question: “How do you deal with anger at an unexpected loss?” While I do not know the specifics of this question, here are some tips. Please understand that there is not a ‘one size solution’ for everyone. Take what resonates and leave behind the rest. FEEL your anger. It wants …
Happy New Year 2022! I know, you read the headline a couple of times and thought…TYPO. While typos happen, 2022 was intentional. 🙂 Stay with me as I explain why. Often when a New Year is upon us, we take time to think about, write down, and plan on goals that we want to accomplish …
While many people are joyful and excited about the holiday season, it creates great angst, isolation, and sadness for others. The 2020 holiday season has an additional layer of challenges with the global pandemic. Please know, there isn’t one particular way to walk through the holiday season. You get to choose how to move through …
It’s time. It’s time to step into your greatness. Often, in order to do that, we need to release things that are holding us back from our greatness. Things that are keeping us in our comfort zone and feeling safe even if it isn’t living the life we want. It also could be letting go …
What’s going on in your world right now? Are you feeling on top of the world or in a valley? I was looking at pictures of a trip to the Grand Canyon several years ago as it happened today in 2015. Standing on the edge of the canyon, this picture made me think of how …
Just a quick reminder that within each moment, you get to decide who you want to be. When outer experiences show up as chaos, you can join the chaotic energy or bring peaceful energy. When outer experiences show up as blame, shame, and complaint, you can join that energy or bring LOVE, kindness, and compassion …
October 12, 2009: Today marks 11 years since Positive Focus officially became a non-profit as a 501c3. It was a BIG day! I share the journey with you as a reminder that life is rarely a this OR that, as I find it to be more of a this AND that. In these 11 years, …
It’s easy to smile when things are going well in life. How about when the proverbial sh!t hits the fan? Well, that’s when it’s needed most. I was having that kind of day last week. The woes of the world weighed me down. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Breonna Taylor. So much sadness and loss on so …
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